Another coffee shop

Yet another coffee shop coming to Tooley St!! Costa Coffee are opening next door to the new Tesco in Tooley St. Is anyone else bored and frustrated that we cannot have anything different in this area!!?

Unfortunately, I fear local boycotts of chain shops will have limited impact near stations.

As Sainsburys explained when they justified their second Waterloo branch, the Waterloo Road branch is for commuters, not locals (presumably this explains why it's often impossible to get key ingredients, such as streaky bacon or unsalted butter, for preparing meals from scratch) and commuters will continue to use the chains because of their convenience and known quality.

It's about choice for other people. And the 'tyranny of the market' (sheesh) dictates that that would be more people than 'us'. And the 'us' are lucky enough to not have to get on a train to where the coffee shop is, as we already live there. So...

Is anyone else elated that they live close to so many major transport hubs in the centre of London?